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"text": "Le mew. Le purr.",
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"ref": "1996 September 28, Game Freak, Pokémon Blue, Nintendo, level/area: S.S. Anne",
"text": "Waiter: 'Bonjour! I am le waiter on this ship! [...] Ah! Le strong silent type!'",
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"ref": "2001 June 24, LaManna, “My Weekend...”, in alt.punk (Usenet)",
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"text": "That's when Waitress Seductress Extraordinaire comes back and gets our order. […] \"We're sharing an order of à la Appalachia, he says, handing over the menus and turning his focus back to me. Le waitress stomps off. I ask, \"Why are they called that?\" \"Because when they've got the fries stacked up they're higher than a mountain range.\" I groan and touch my stomach. \"You're funny,\" he says, his eyes twinkling.",
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"text": "Le mew. Le purr.",
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},
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"ref": "1996 September 28, Game Freak, Pokémon Blue, Nintendo, level/area: S.S. Anne",
"text": "Waiter: 'Bonjour! I am le waiter on this ship! [...] Ah! Le strong silent type!'",
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},
{
"ref": "2001 June 24, LaManna, “My Weekend...”, in alt.punk (Usenet)",
"text": "[…]upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2002 December 27, Amelia, “Re: Neat things SANTA brought me...”, in alt.fashion (Usenet)",
"text": "And then le boyfriend perks up and names around 8 different brands (Stila, MAC, Becca, Nars etc..) - I was *SO* proud of him!! :)",
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},
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"ref": "2003 January 10, johnny dupe (quoting nowhere man), “Re: I can walk with jezus...”, in alt.fan.wings (Usenet)",
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"ref": "2012 October 1, Miranda Kenneally, Stealing Parker, Sourcebooks, Inc., page 63",
"text": "That's when Waitress Seductress Extraordinaire comes back and gets our order. […] \"We're sharing an order of à la Appalachia, he says, handing over the menus and turning his focus back to me. Le waitress stomps off. I ask, \"Why are they called that?\" \"Because when they've got the fries stacked up they're higher than a mountain range.\" I groan and touch my stomach. \"You're funny,\" he says, his eyes twinkling.",
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